You’ll want to put this creamy Mushroom Sauce on everything! From steak to chicken, porks chops to roasts, smothered omelettes and baked potatoes, you’re only limited by your imagination. It’s a luxurious yet simple sauce you’ll make again and again and again….
A Mushroom Sauce for everything!
An omelette smothered in a creamy mushroom sauce. A mushroom sauce for steak. A baked sweet potato stuffed to the brim with mushrooms in a creamy sauce.
I had all 3 of these on The List and no idea how I was going to share them all without a complete and utter creamy mushroom overload.
Solution: Just share the sauce and a bunch of ways to use it!
Jeez. Only took me 5 months to figure that out!!!🙄
Simple yet luxurious.
It’s simple to make but doesn’t call for any gourmet ingredients. You absolutely could just sauté up some mushrooms in a load of butter and stir through a gallon of cream.
But if you want one that stacks up to the great sauces of the world served at fine dining establishments, add wine and parmesan. These are the two ingredients that add an extra something-something to this sauce. Depth of flavour and savouriness (that’s umami, if you want to get technical 🙂 ).
Don’t worry if you can’t consume alcohol, just use more chicken or veg broth and be sure not to skip the parmesan!
What you need for creamy mushroom sauce
Here’s what you need to make this:
How to make creamy mushroom sauce
And here’s how to make it: sauté mushrooms until golden, deglaze the pan using wine (extra flavour trick!), then add the cream and parmesan and simmer until thickened. Easy!
Oh the possibilities!
Sauces like this are terrific because they are so incredibly versatile. So here are a few ideas for how to use this Mushroom Sauce…. just a few…..
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Mushroom Sauce for steak or other seared proteins – beef, pork chops, chicken, turkey. Just sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook to your taste, then smother in this sauce. Here’s a complete recipe with chicken breast;
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Baked potatoes – scrub ’em, bake ’em, slit ’em then stuff ’em;
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Roasts – use as a sauce for roast chicken, turkey, beef or pork. Spectacular!
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Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce (oh my…..)
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Smothered omelettes;
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Add pasta and toss, toss, toss! (250g/8oz long strong pasta or 300g/10oz short pasta like ziti, penne, orecchiette, serves 3 – 4)
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Meatballs! Use it for these baked Italian meatballs, chicken meatballs, or these Swedish Meatballs. (Makes enough sauce for one batch of meatballs);
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Steamed vegetables – imagine steamed beans or asparagus with this Mushroom Sauce over it…
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Outta-This-World-Mashed-Potatoes: It’s like mash and gravy.… but a million times better!
To be honest though, you could hand me a hunk of crusty bread and I’d be one happy girl. Imagine dunking hot crusty bread in this!!!! – Nagi x
PS Also added a lightened up version in the recipe notes. Just in case it’s more to your taste. ❤️
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Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 300g / 10 oz mushrooms , sliced (Note 1)
- Pinch of salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1/4 cup (65 ml) white wine or rose , dry (Note 2 subs)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup (250 ml) heavy / thickened cream (Note 3)
- 1/2 cup parmesan ,finely grated (30g / 1 oz) (Note 4)
- 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves (or 1/4 - 1/2 tsp dried)
Instructions
- Heat oil and melt butter in a skillet over medium high heat. Add mushrooms and leisurely cook until golden brown - takes about 4 to 5 minutes. No need to stir constantly.
- Just before they're done, add the garlic and a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook until garlic is golden (~ 1 minute).
- Add white wine - it will sizzle! Stir, scraping the bottom of the skillet, for 1 minute or until mostly evaporated.
- Add broth, cream and parmesan. Stir, then lower heat to medium so the sauce is simmering - do not boil rapidly, cream may split.
- Stir occasionally and simmer for 2 - 3 minutes until it thickens. It shouldn't be super thick, this is a rich sauce.
- Stir through thyme, adjust salt and pepper to taste. Remove from stove.
- Serve over steak or other cooked protein. Toss through pasta, stuff into baked potatoes, serve with roast beef, chicken or pork, smothered omelettes. See in post for more ideas!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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LIFE OF DOZER
If you eat in my house, this is what will be in front of you. Still as a statue (except for the odd flicker of a pink tongue). Unblinking. Silently willing you to break.
Very, very effective strategy.
Diane Klettke says
Hi Nagi,
I made this sauce and it is delicious! I used it to top twice baked stuffed potatoes and today I finished it poured over a simple fluffy cheese omelette. Amazing! Although I have made mushroom gravy many times for Poutine, this recipe has that particular umami and it will be my new go-to for a mushroom sauce. I will admit that I did add a small spoonful of flour (mixed with a little water) in the end because I found the sauce a little thin and wanted it slightly thicker. But so good! Thank you for the recipe.
Christy says
My daughter-in-law is vegan, so how canI make this mushroom sauce without the butter and cream?
Nagi says
Hi Christy – I would probably use olive oil and almond or soy milk and thicken with cornstarch / cornflour per recipe notes 🙂 N x
Fiona Jones says
Simple & tres delicious, as usual, Nagi! I served it over roasted chicken & green beans. It disappeared! (Our cat Comet cleaned the bowls too, so it was a hit all round!)
Can’t wait to try it with other meats & veg.
Thanks again & love to Dozer. Hope his healing is going well.
Nagi says
So glad you enjoyed it Fiona! Thank you for letting me know 🙂 N x
Fiona says
Made this again last night & served it over cabbage steaks for a delicious vegetarian entree. It’s a keeper!
Helen says
I love your recipes Nagi! We have made your Greek Chicken with Lemon Rice over and over. This sauce is delicious but I had to add a tbsp of cornstarch, it was just a tad runny for our taste. We had it over grilled Pork Loin chops and the sauce was amazing. Another recipe to make over and over! Thanks so much for all the work that you do.
Nagi says
I’m so glad! Thank you for letting me know Helen! N x
Gail says
Oh! I enjoy seeing the pics you post of Dozer…..he is definitely a charmer!!!!
And Nagi, thank you for all the recipes you post….day after day…..week after week, and month after month…….when I’m searching for something ‘different’ you know – the same package of ground beef, or poached chicken breast……I turn to your site and always find a recipe that I know will be mmmmmmm good! Thank You.
And do keep posting on Dozer………we have only two dogs and one cat left….and as we are getting older, unless we find another ‘older’ dog or cat that needs a home, these will have to be our last three. BUT, we are hopeful there will be even more dogs when we are promoted to glory…….
P.S. gave your website to our oldest son – he does most of the cooking – so suspect he will be present on your site often in the future also 🙂
Nagi says
“ONLY” have two cats and one dog?? I bow to you….. SO MUCH 💩. 😂
Danielle says
I do want this sauce on everything. or I will just eat it. Plain, with a spoon. Or my fingers. Whatever really. It looks SO GOOD! I love a creamy mushroom sauce and I can see why Dozer watches you like that. I understand his unrelenting stare. I would be doing the same thing if you were eating this sauce in front of me. LOL.
Nagi says
You and me both Danielle! N xx
Aziza Usoof says
I made this sans the wine for dinner last night and served it over pasta. It was so good that I had to provide extra toast to mop the remaining sauce. Thanks so much Nagi for this delicious recipe.
Nagi says
I’m so glad! Thank you for letting me know Aziza! N x
Ranu says
Can I use chicken stock instead? Thanks
Nagi says
You sure can Ranu! that’s what broth is anyway 🙂 N x
Tina says
This looks so good! I make this sauce (sans wine, but now I’m going to add it) to ground turkey stroganoff served over noodles. It’s always a crowd pleaser. I can’t wait to try it with wine!
Nagi says
Oh my gosh YES YES YES!!
Ruth Hambrey says
Could you freeze this delicious sauce?
Nagi says
Hi Ruth! I must say I haven’t tried but I will because a few people have asked 🙂 I don’t want to guess because dairy can split when frozen and sometimes goes grainy. N x
Gillian DidierSerre says
Thanks Zachariah for this info
Nagi says
Me too! Thanks Zachariah!
Eha says
*Grinning from ear to ear* No arguments from here ! A kitchen with no mushrooms in it ain’t a kitchen for me . . . OK: may ‘fiddle’ with that amount of cream a tad . . . that said, have never used a rose: shall try !!! Oh yes . . . this is used everywhere in my home also . . . 🙂 !!! Dozer: I’ll stare back – who will break first . . . . ?
Nagi says
Same! Though right now shrooms are pretty expensive so they’re a bit of a treat 🙂 N x
Gillian DidierSerre says
Great recipe for shrooms I usually add some dry porcini after rehydration and I use the soaking liquid for deglazing ..a couple of friends are.OFFalchohol for a while.
Hey DOZER keep staring and drooling but keep those lips away from the shrooms they are TOXIC for dogs😈
Nagi says
Oooh you show off! 🙂 😂 N x
Zachariah Michael says
Criminni and porcini are not toxic to dogs
Lisa says
Dozer AND creamy mushroom deliciousness – yummm! I don’t know how you resist those eyes – ever! When I was a kid we had a Labrador/Dachshund/Corgi mix – small dog – big appetite (and massive tail). Black with white splodge on the feet and chest. She even got fed four times in one night (because she convinced every person that came home that nobody had fed her!).
Nagi says
Ba ha ha! I LOVE that story!!! The way Dozer looks at people at cafes, you’d think he was a homeless dog deprived of food 🙄
Lisa says
It was very funny – because it was a Friday and that meant she got a raw egg yolk on her meal (great for their coat)….from then on we all left notes if we fed her and went out again (she got 4 walks too) – cheeky puppy. Dozer has the look down pat – I would find it a struggle. 🙂
Vera G says
Hello Nagi, Dozer, this one is Me 100%. Love them. Was admitted to hospital last week and they recommended mushrooms for Breakfast, YUMI. All good with Dozer now?? Have good week.
Nagi says
Really! A mushroom diet? I love it! I do hope it wasn’t anything too serious Vera – N x ❤️
Gail says
Hi Nagi
I am doing this recipe on Thursday…(my daughters birthday) …and she loves mushrooms. Plus will use pasta which she also loves. 😀
You know …when I had my dogs I definitely remembered that kinda stare once food was around…yup licking those lips …sometimes a drool or two 😂😂
Loving the Dozer …hugs 😊
Nagi says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER!! I hope she loves it! 🙂 N x
Gail says
Thanks you so much Nagi! I will definitely pass on your wishes to her! And yep I hope she enjoys my cooking too 😜😂
Hugs …
Ann says
I love mushrooms and this looks wonderful. Forget the steak, Nagi, how about pouring this over beer-battered chips? There isn’t a week that passes where I don’t have a RecipeTin Eats dish on the menu!!
Nagi says
Ann – you’re killing me. Mushroom sauce on chips? It’s my dream come true! ❤️
JeanB says
Hi Nagi,
Love the picture of Dozer. We had a friend whose Labrador would sit in front of you if you were sitting on the couch and eating and he would drool. Did make you feel guilty.
Dozer will be well and truly on the way to recovery by now and counting down in his Doggie Mind how soon he’ll be able to be free as the breeze again.
The mushroom recipe sounds good and the carbs aren’t too high either (that is for me) but alas my husband of just on 50 years doesn’t like mushrooms (calls them fungus) and so I hardly ever cook mushrooms for one. One day I will get the getup and go to do it.
Nagi says
This is a terrific low carb recipe Jean! Serve it over a lean piece of protein and that’s a terrific low carb meal 🙂 N xx
Leah says
Oh. My.Word. So much for finding my waistline! 😀 Gotta make it, I have a rib eye steak wreaking havoc in my freezer waiting for this.
Who could resist that exquisite face with such soulful eyes. Not I!
Nagi says
But LOW CARB if you serve it over steak! 🙂 😂 N xx
Jayne Knight says
Who could resist that handsome face? I couldn’t. I’d end up sharing my eats with him for sure. xx
Nagi says
He has perfected his “I haven’t been fed today!” look 🙄